Most of the Eliot material was presented to the college in 1972 by Jean Andre Moise de Menasce (Rev. Father Pierre de Menasce) (Balliol 1920-1924). Menasce produced French translations of Eliot's poems. He was a scholar of Oriental Studies. He became Professor of the History of Religion, University of Fribourg (1838- 48) and a Directeur des Etudes (Ancient Iranian Religions), Hautes Etudes. Paris (1848). Copies of his academic articles which he presented to the college are kept with the Eliot material he donated.

Where relevant the numbers used by Donald Gallup in T.S.Eliot: A Bibliography (London:1952) have been placed in brackets at the end of the description of an item.

Correspondence about NM Iovets-Tereshchenko, writer and psychologist, and his book Friendship-Love. He was an emigre in difficult circumstances taken in by the College as a Lecturer: TS Eliot was much involved with his case, and there are several long letters from Eliot to Lindsay [Master of Balliol]. Early 1940s. Former archives reference MBP 16, now part of the Eliot Papers.

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